Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TRUE HAPPINESS, by MORRIS TALPALAR


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TRUE HAPPINESS, by                    
First Line: These are the things which once possessed
Last Line: And neither wish nor fear to die.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


These are the things which once possessed
Will make a life that's truly blessed:
A good estate on healthy soil,
Not got by vice, nor yet by toil;
Round a warm fire a pleasant joke,
With chimney ever free from smoke;
A strength entire, a sparkling bowl,
A quiet wife, a quiet soul,
A mind as well as body whole;
Prudent simplicity, constant friends,
A diet which no art commends;
A merry night without much drinking,
A happy thought without much thinking;
Each night by quiet sleep made short;
A will to be but what thou art:
Possessed of these all else defy,
And neither wish nor fear to die.





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